Vehicle-washer.



` E.- MULLER.v VEHICLE WASHER.

APPLICATjION 4FILED JUNE B, 1915.

WITNESS /IWE//TOR.'

Patented May 7,1918.

EDWARD MULLER, F NORTH BERGEN, NEW JERSEY.

VEHICLE-WASHER.

Application filed zTune 8, 1915.

To all whom t may concern: i l

Be it known that I, EDWARD MULLER, a

v citizen of the United States, and a resident of North Bergen, in thecounty `of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Vehicle-Washers, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to apparatus for supporting and supplying waterto a hose used for washing automobiles or other vehicles and moreparticularly to that type of vehicle washers in which the apparatus issecured to or mounted upon the ceiling or an overhead support.

The objects of the present invention are to provide hose supporting andsupply control or valve means which can be applied to the horizontalsupply pipe of vehicle washers of said type already in use; to enablethis to be done in different ways according to the differentconstructions or conditions of the washer already in use to which myimproved supply control and hose support is to be attached; to provide asimple form of hose support and supply control which can be applied to afixed inlet in either a side wall or upright support or ceiling oroverhead support; to enable the valve to be properly and convenientlyoperated; to secure a compact and eiflcientconstruction, and to obtainother advantages and results as may be brought out in the followingdescription.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like numerals ofreference indicate the same parts throughout the several views,

Figure l is a side elevation of a vehicle washer embodying my invention,and

Fig. 2 is a plan of the supply control valve.

In said drawings the reference numeral 3l indicates a supporting plateadapted to be bolted or otherwise attached to a ceiling or otheroverhead support from which depends a pipe 32 having a lateral inlet 33and to the lower end of which pipe 32 is swiveled a delivery pipe 34which turns into horizontal position as at 35. Rotatably mounted uponthe depending pipe 32 is a collar 36 from which a guy rod 37 extendsoutward for purposes hereinafter more fully set forth and a hanger38'depends to support the delivery pipe 35. The valve 39 is applied tothe delivery pipe 36 close to the hanger 38 and thus to the swivel jointof the Specification of Letters Patent.

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delivery pipe so that its weight acts directly downwardly and .is`supported by said hanger, so as to not cramp or bind the swivel joint.The said valve has a stem -40 with an operating lever 4l fulcrumed to asupport 42 en the valve casing and adapted at its opposite kend toreceive operating means hereinafter described.

From said valve 39 an extension 44 extends horizontally therefrom to anydesired length `being closed at its outer end by the cap 45 and providedat a suitable intermediate point. preferably nearer tothe said cap thanto the control valve, with a l 46 whose downwardly extending branchreceives an elbow 47 directed toward the outer end of the extensionclosed by the cap 45. To this elbow is clamped one end of a fiexibletube 48 the other end of which carries an elbow 49 which turns downwardsubstantially beneath the cap 45 and is adapted to receive a hose 50 andwash the vehicle. Preferably a chain 43 secured to an ear 5l on theelbow 49 extends upward and around a sheave 54 mounted on the cap 45,said sheave having ratchet wheel 56 and pawl 57, as shown more fully inmy prior Patent No. 1,022,042 of Jfrpril 2, 1912, to which reference maybe had if desired. The chain extends along the side of the extension arm44 and 1s connected at its end to abell crank lever 58 mounted at theside of the said extension 44 adjacent the valve 39 by means ofa'suitable collar 59. Said bell crank lever thus has one of its armsdepending and its other extending horizontally toward the valve, and isadapted to swing in a substantially vertical plane. rlihe end of thelever next the valve is connected by means of a link 60 to the end ofthe valve,i lever 41, and thus as the chain is drawn upon the lever isdepressed to open the valve and when the chain is slackened the valvecloses and raises the lever again. It may here be noted that the valvelever 4l is oblique to the pipe line, that is, is arranged .above thevalve diagonally of the delivery pipe and extension 44 so that one endof itself projects laterally of said extension. rlhe bell crank lever isalso at the side of the extension with one arm extending in the samegeneral direction as the extension and underlying at its free end thelaterally extending lever 41 and it is these ends of the lever 41 andthe bell crank lever 58 which are connected by the link 60. Preferablythe downwardly extendingarm of the bell crank lever 5S is provided witha series or plurality of means 1 ditions. f

The guy rod 37, above referred to, extends outwardly ytoward the end ofthe extension 44, and is attached to a hanger 83 upon said extension'forsupporting the sameA As may be seen yinthe drawing, said hanger isintermediate the ends of the extension and arranged so as tosubstantially balance the two ends of the extension. Downward pull uponthehose will tend, therefore, to swing the inner `end of the extensionupward and retain it seated within the stuffing box provided at thelower end of the depending pipe 32. Obviously, by this construction,pulling upon the hose 50 will tend to maintain a tight joint rather thanseparate the swiveled parts, and turning of the washer will not beimpaired. rA spring 82 is preferably secured to the hanger 83 and hookedinto a link of the chain 43 normally pulling upon the same so the endssupporting the hose 5,0 will be drawn up upon to balance or raise thehose.

Gbviously various modifications in manufacturing the device will occurto those skilled in the art, and I do not wish to be understood aslimiting` myself except as required by the ,following claims whenconstrued in the light of the prior art.

I-Iaving thus described the invention, what I claim is 1. In a device ofthe character described, the combination of a depending supply pipe, adelivery pipe extending laterally therefrom, a valve at the end of saiddelivery pipe, an extension at the opposite side of said valve from saiddelivery pipe, a hose leading from said extension, a lever for saidvalve arranged above the same diagonally of the delivery pipe andextension so that one end of itself projects laterally of saidextension, means also at the side of said extension for operating saidlever from below the valve and a flexible connection extending from saidmeans to the hose over the outer end of the extension so that downwarddraft upon the hose will operate the valve.

2. In a device of the character described, the combination of adepending supply pipe, a delivery pipe extending laterally therefrom, alvalve at the end of said delivery pipe, an extension at the oppositeside of said valve from said delivery pipe, a hose leading from saidextension, a lever arranged above said valve diagonally of the deliverypipe and extension so that one end of itself projects laterally of saidextension, a bell crank lever also at the side of said extension havingone arm connected to said lever to operate the saine, and a iiexibleconnection extending from said lever to the hose over the outer end ofthe extension so that downward draft upon the hose will operate thevalve.

3. In a device of the character described, the combination of adepending supply pipe, a delivery pipe swiveled thereto, a valve at theend of said delivery pipe, an extension on `the other side of said valvefrom the delivery pipe, a collar rotatably mounted on said dependingsupply pipe, a hanger for supporting the delivery pipe, and a guy rodfor supporting the extension pipe, both said hanger and guy rodreceiving support from said collar.

EDWARD MULLER.

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` Washington, D. d.

